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8.6 Great
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Air Date

Tuesday November 13, 2007

Production Code

HOU-407

Episode Summary

A film crew and the candidates are following around House distracting him while he is trying to diagnose a teenager who suffers from a heart attack prior to a serious plastic surgery.

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    10 Perfect

    So far in this show, we have to realize that House is growing up as a character. hide show

    One of the most hilarious episode ever!
    So far in this show, we have to realize that House is growing up as a character and we probably will start to see many "human being moments". Now he can have a normal conversation with Wilson and talk about familiar things among men, like women and feelings. It's a thing that a long time ago I've been wishing to see in the show.
    And the way that he seem idiot was fantastic, a truly demonstration of intelligence and coherency from the writers staff. The falling performance of 13 until now has an interesting culmination with House idiocy and hers brilliant diagnosis. A real good connection of facts and situations.

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    I thought this was a brilliant episode- I loved the story surrounding the deformed patient needing plastic surgery, and it was certainly amusing to watch. The episode focussed more around Taub than any of the others, as we learn about his personal issues, and why he left a job as a respectful plastic surgeon- it was interesting seeing him risk his job with nothing to fall back on- it was probably the first episode I actually liked Taub in. At this stage, I think 13, her and Cole seem to be favourite to win the jobs, simply because House seems to quite dig Thirteen, and Cole comes up with many good ideas. Cutthroat **** seems to have faded recently, and I'm not complaining!

    I thought the humour was back to a classic House episode- it was amusing banter between House and Wilson as they talk about beautiful women having an effect on House, and it was classic House to see him interfering with Taub's personal life. I loved at the end of the episode when the TV crew made House seem nice, and I loved how they broke the wall when House says to the cameras "walking is good TV- it gives the impression the story is moving forward!".

    Meanwhile, Cameron says she loves House to the camera- something to build on? I thought it was clever to make her and Chase part of the episode- I miss them!

    Overall, a brilliantly written episode, and back to the form from the dissapointing previous one- a quite hit and miss Season so far.

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    BEST EPISODE!!!! hide show

    This was the funniest episode in the whole series if you ask me. THey jokes kept coming and Cameron and all of the whole team was hilarious especailly Wilson. I want more comedic episodes like this. la lalllla l l l l l l l l l ll ll ll l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ll l l l ll l l l l l l ll lll l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ll l l l l l l ll.

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    8.5 Great

    Terzi. hide show

    This episode was a continuation to the last episode, as the government lady, Terzi enters the team and clarifies she isn't going to be a part of some game everyone else is playing. The sad pat was she ends up getting fired which totally sucks. Anyways I love how this format of the episode is, with everyone getting followed around with cameras. This show always has great things to spice up the episode, and this is one of them. I knew Terzi was going to get fired, but really she did nothing wrong which is the bad part. Cameron looks like she still "loves" House which is always nice to hear. Amazing!

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    House gets as good as he gives hide show

    The patient brings alot of empathy with him for this episode. Its hard not to feel for someone with their condition. The first act is therefore one that sets up episode very well - hooking us enough to care what happens to them, esp. since they have a good chance of relieving their plight with an operation.

    The usual medical scenes keep the story moving along at fine pace and the usual setbacks keep us guessing at to what the ending maybe - as for once, its not a clear cut buildup.

    House gets as good as he gives with this patient. Scenes with both of them do a first rate job of setting up the heartwarming goodfeel ending with the moral overtones that we are what we feel and true beauty is within us and the way we act, not in fleeting physicality.

    A superb source of endless conflict is the camera crew following the patient around which provides House with the oppotunity for more mayhem and mischief. All in all, its one of the better episodes with lots of good comedy in moments of direness as the patient lurches from relapse to relapse in the style we have come to expect.

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  • International Air Dates:
    Australia - November 14, 2007
    Brazil: March 1, 2008
    The Netherlands: March 27, 2008
    Italy: March 30, 2008 on Canale 5
    United Kingdom: May 1, 2008 9pm on five
    Bulgaria: May 6, 2008 on NTV
    Israel: May 18, 2008 on HOT 3/YES Stars 3
    Denmark: May 17, 2008 on SBS Net
    The Czech Republic: October 13, 2008 on TV Nova
    Germany: October 7, 2008 on RTL
    Hungary: October 8, 2008 on TV2
    Greece: November 1, 2008 on Star
    Sweden: March 31, 2009 on TV4
    Poland: April 23, 2009 on TVP2 []
  • The episode ended with a brief blurb for the Children's Craniofacial Association. []
  • Music: My Home is in Your Head by Joseph Arthur, Slide Away by The Verve []
  • Dr. Cuddy: House, you have a minute to be disemboweled? []
  • House: What am I gonna do?
    Dr. Wilson: Just enjoy.
    House: I'm gonna keep her around because she makes me an idiot?
    Dr. Wilson: Well you're protected. Foreman seems immune.
    House: You think he's gay?
    Dr. Wilson: Did he become an idiot around Chase? []
  • Amber: Why did you bring her in so late? It's not fair, the rest of us...
    House: Hey hey hey, you wanted fair you picked the wrong job, the wrong profession... the wrong species. []
More Quotes
  • House: Hey, hey, hey! You have an all-access pass to the case, not my Fave 5s.
    Fave 5 is a service offered by T-Mobile in television commercials where you have unlimited calling to any five people from any network. []
  • House: Suddenly I don't feel I can trust Michael Moore movies.
    House is referring to Michael Francis Moore, an American author and a documentaries director (Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and Bowling for Columbine). []
  • House: I became a doctor because of the movie Patch Adams.
    Referencing the 1998 movie, based on a true story, starring Robin Williams as a doctor fighting illness with humor. []
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